The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) is strengthening collaboration with Cambodia in mine action, ANAMA told Report.

During a visit by an ANAMA delegation led by Chairman Vugar Suleymanov to the Kingdom of Cambodia, discussions were held to enhance cooperation in combating mine threats.

The ANAMA delegation met with key Cambodian organizations responsible for humanitarian mine clearance, including Prum Sophakmokol, the Vice President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), and Ly Panharith, Secretary General of CMAA, as well as Heng Ratana, Director General of the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC).

The meetings focused on exchanging expertise in mine action, exploring future collaboration prospects, discussing methodologies employed in mine clearance operations, and training opportunities. Azerbaijan and Cambodia are among the countries most heavily contaminated by landmines and other explosive remnants of war, and both nations shared information about the scale of the mine threat they face.

Shovgi Mehdizade, Azerbaijan's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cambodia residing in Hanoi, Vietnam, also participated in the meetings.

As part of the visit, the ANAMA delegation toured the CMAC Training Center to learn about training facilities, teaching methodologies, and resources, as well as to study Cambodia's experience in this field. They also visited Siem Reap province, one of the most mine-contaminated regions in Cambodia, to observe mine clearance operations, manual demining, the use of mine detection dogs and rats, and the equipment utilized by CMAC.

The delegation also visited the Peace Museum of CMAC in Siem Reap, which displays mines, explosive remnants of war, and various visual exhibits from the war era, highlighting the mine problem faced by Cambodia.

ANAMA believes that exchanging expertise with Southeast Asian countries that have long-standing experience in combating mine and explosive remnants of war will positively contribute to the agency's future activities.